The Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) (Legal Persons) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2013/754 |
| Year | 2013 |
2013 No. 754
Legal Aid And Advice, England And Wales
The Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) (Legal Persons) (Amendment) Regulations 2013
Made 27th March 2013
Laid before Parliament 28th March 2013
Coming into force 1st April 2013
The Lord Chancellor makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 21(2) and 41 of, and paragraph 6 of Schedule 31to, the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 20122.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) (Legal Persons) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 and come into force on 1st April 2013.
Amendments to the Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) (Legal Persons) Regulations 2013
2.—(1) The Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) (Legal Persons) Regulations 20133are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 10 (exceptions from requirement to make a determination in respect of a legal person’s financial resources)—
(a)
(a) after paragraph (c) insert—
“(ca)
“(ca) family help (higher) or legal representation in relation to a matter which, if the legal person were an individual, would be a matter described in paragraph 18(3A)4(applications under Article 10 of the 2007 Hague Convention5) of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act, where—
(i) the matter relates to any application under Article 10(1)(a) or (b) of the 2007 Hague Convention; and
(ii) Article 17(b) of that Convention applies;”; and
(b)
(b) in paragraph (d)(ii) after “21” insert—
“; and
(da)
(da) legal help, family help (lower), family help (higher) and legal representation in relation to a matter which, if the legal person were an individual, would be a matter described in paragraph 18(3A) (applications under Article 10 of the 2007 Hague Convention) of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Act, where the matter—
(i) relates to any application under Article 10(1)(a) or (b) of the 2007 Hague Convention; and
(ii) is an application made by a creditor under the 2007 Hague Convention concerning maintenance obligations arising from a parent-child relationship towards a person under the age of 21”.
McNally
Minister of State
Ministry of Justice
27th March 2013
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